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codion of the bark, with the confs^io 

 japonica, as above. This he had fcarcely 

 ufed a week, when his purging was fo 

 much abated, that he had not above two 

 motions in a day. About this time, al- 

 fo, the aphthous cruft on his tongue be- 

 gan to come ofF, leaving the parts very 

 red and tender under it. The ficknefs 

 at ftomach was leiTened ; but he ftill com- 

 plained of want of appetite; and his 

 pulfe continued quick. However, by 

 the ufe of the decodlion for two weeks 

 longer, his tongue recovered its moifture, 

 and nearly its natural colour ; his ap • 

 petite mended; he gained ffcrength ; and 

 his pulfe, which had long kept at about 

 loo ftrokes in a minute, came down to 

 near eighty. 



Finding him growing coflive, after 

 taking the medicine for a week, I firft 

 reduced the quantity of the confe&io ja- 

 ponica to two drams, and at laif kept it 

 out altogether, adding a little cinnamon 

 inftead of it. 



2, A lady, above feventy, was feized 

 with a dyfentery, December ITS9- fo^ 



which 



